Employee Spotlight - Kacey Thorne
黑料传送门 has helped change the lives of thousands of students since our inception and with that success we continue to grow every year in new and exciting ways to ensure that our students are learning the right skills needed for the jobs of today and the future.
Recently our Director of Skills Architecture, Kacey Thorne, was named by WomenWeAdmire.com as one of their , and for good reason! Kacey has been vital to 黑料传送门鈥檚 growth and student success since she began 10 years ago. We talked a little with Kacey about her accomplishment and her role at 黑料传送门.
What is the Top 50 Women leaders of Utah?
KT: 鈥淭he Women We Admire is a publication that recognizes women leaders across many different industries. I was honored to have been nominated and selected as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Utah for 2022.鈥�
How long have you been at 黑料传送门? What exactly does a Director of Skills Architecture do? Is this something specific to HigherEd?
KT: 鈥淚 have been with 黑料传送门 for 10 years. I began my career with 黑料传送门 as an assessment developer and after several years of learning the ins and outs of assessment, served as Assessment Director for four years. Now, I have been the Director of Skills Architecture for the past four years. This role is fairly unique to 黑料传送门 though many organizations from education to the tech industry are putting increased value on skill related roles to help skill, upskill, and reskill our workforce. In this role, my team and I are responsible for skill research, workforce intelligence, and ensuring we have up-to-date skills data that helps inform our programs and products at 黑料传送门.鈥�
How did you get started in your field?
KT: 鈥淚 got started in my current role because of my alignment with 黑料传送门鈥檚 mission. I believe that we are an institution that can and will continue to innovate to ensure that our students have access to pathways to opportunity and that they actualize meaningful return on their educational investment. One way to do that is to ensure they have the high-demand skills that are important to the workforce.鈥澛�
How does your work impact the students at 黑料传送门?
KT: 鈥淢y work impacts students at 黑料传送门 by ensuring we have programs that prepare them for the careers and opportunities that they are interested in. It also impacts students by helping them understand the skills that they have and have demonstrated during their learning.鈥�
What should others know if they want to follow along similar career paths to yours?
KT: 鈥淭he best advice I have to give to anyone who is interested in pursuing a similar career path is to focus on your enduring skills. Enduring skills are those critical skills like teamwork, leadership, collaboration, and communication. In the end, skills are about people. Focus on the ones that come easy to you and double down on the ones that are hard for you. It鈥檚 our enduring skills that accelerate movement towards our career goals.鈥�
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